Ugqirha waseBritane ebekwiholide eOstreliya wasweleka namhlanje kwingozi yejetsi eGold Coast.
UGqr Sridhar Shekar, oneminyaka engama-31, waseLeeds, usweleke ngale ntsasa (ixesha lasekuhlaleni) xa i-jetski yakhe eqeshiweyo yabetha ikhonkco le-ankile yesikhephe kwaye waphoswa kwisanti.
Wonzakala kanobom entloko nasemzimbeni, yaye phezu kwazo nje iinzame zabantu ababebukele, akazange akwazi ukuphinda aphile.
Umfazi kaShekar, 32, owayengumkhweli kwi-jetski, wafumana ukulimala okuncinci kunye nokothuka kwingozi, eyenzeka e-Broadwater, emantla e-Surfers Paradise. Le ndawo ithandwa ngabakhenkethi kunye nabathandi bemidlalo yasemanzini ngenxa yokuzola kwayo, amanzi akhuselweyo.
Amapolisa asekuhlaleni athi kusenokwenzeka ukuba uShekar akazange akhwele i-jetski ngaphambili.
“Amapolisa aqhuba uphando ngalo mba kwaye uphando luza kuveza eyona meko ingqonge esi sehlo,” litshilo ibambela lesajini ephambili, uMark Kelly.
"Ngale ntsasa baqeshe i-jetski kwinkampani eqeshayo ... kwaye babekuloo jetski xa kwenzeka isiganeko."
Ebuzwa ukuba ngaba ukungabi namava bekunokuba nenxaxheba kule ngozi, uKelly uxelele iintatheli: “Kunokuba nzima kakhulu ukuqhuba ijetski. Ndiyamkholelwa lo mntu, inokuba yayilixesha lakhe lokuqala ekhwele ijetsi.”
Amapolisa athi umnini wesikhephe wayekhwele ngexesha lentlitha yabantu kwaye wanyangwa ngenxa yokothuka.
IJetskiing ixhaphakile eOstreliya, yaye iinkampani eziqeshela abakhenkethi ezi nqwelo-moya zinamandla amakhulu kubakhenkethi zibophelelekile ukuba zinikele amacebiso asisiseko ngokhuseleko ngendlela yokuphatha oomatshini.
Inkulumbuso yaseQueensland, u-Anna Bligh, uthe abasemagunyeni bazakujonga ukuba imigaqo malunga nokuqashiswa kwejetski kufuneka iqiniswe.
"Silindele ukuba abakhenkethi bethu bathathe inxaxheba kuhambo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ukuziphatha okuyingozi kakhulu, kodwa kufuneka sizanelise ukuba lonke ukhathalelo olufanelekileyo luthathiwe ngumqhubi," utshilo uBligh.
"Olu phando luza kusinceda siqonde ukuba ngaba kufuneka siqinise nakuphi na ukulawulwa kolu shishino."
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